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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
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Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (557-564)
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
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Gurbani (595-634)
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Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
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Gurbani (696-703)
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Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
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Gurbani (728-750)
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Chhant (763-785)
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Gurbani (795-831)
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Chhant (843-848)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
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Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
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Gurbani (1118-1123)
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Partaal (1153)
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Gurbani (1197-1200)
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Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
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Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
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Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
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<blockquote data-quote="Sikh80" data-source="post: 67019" data-attributes="member: 5290"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Episode X</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Baba back to Kartarpur and giving charge to Guru Angad: 45</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Pauri 45.1 <em>Jiarati kari Multan di phiri Kartarpure no aia.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Pauri 45.4 <em>Maria sika jagati vichi Nanak nirmal panth chalaia.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Pauri 45.5 <em>Thapia Lahina jivade guriai siri chhatr phiria.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Pauri 45.6 J<em>oti joti milaikai satigur Nanak rup vataia.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Pauri 45.7 <em>Lakhi na koi sakai acharaje acharai dikhaia</em>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Pauri 45.8 <em>Kai palati sarup banaia.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Returning from Multan, Baba reached Kartarpur. Just like minting a new coin in the world, Nanak commenced a pure <em>Panth</em> (religion). While still alive, he appointed Lehna and spread the Canopy of Guruship over his head. Merging his own light with him, the True Guru Nanak just changed his body. No one could understand this strange happening. Nanak converted his "body" into a new form.</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">When did Bhai Gurdas write his <em>Vaars</em>:</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Bhai Gurdas does not mention the fact himself. All of us have accepted the fact that Bhai Gurdas was the scribe of the <em>Pothi Sahib</em> or the first recension of Guru Granth Sahib, which was installed in the sanctum sanctorum of the newly constructed Darbar Sahib at Amritsar in 1604. It appears strange and not logical to state that Bhai Gurdas wrote his <em>Vaars</em> during the years 1610-1628 as stated by Dr. Sukhdial Singh. (<em>Punjab da Itihas</em>, Vol. 5 <em>Guru Kaal</em> 1469-1708, Punjabi University 2000 p. 40) This means that Bhai Gurdas became a poet in the last years of his life! There are three good reasons which point out that Bhai Gurdas wrote major portions of his famous poetry (<em>Vaars</em>) much before he was chosen to be the scribe of <em>Pothi Sahib</em> by Guru Arjun Dev Ji.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">1. Poetry is a born gift and it starts forming in the mind of the poets at a very young age, usually in the teens.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2. Bhai Gurdas must have established himself as a known writer and poet <em>before</em> Guru Arjun Dev ji selected him for being the scribe of the holy <em>Pothi Sahib</em>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">3. Bhai Gurdas was born about 20 years after Guru Nanak Dev ji had left this world. Bhai Gurdas selected only 10 important episodes from Guru’s life, which have a bearing on Sikh thought. He left out so many other prevalent anecdotes, which he considered unimportant. It is quite likely that some of them may have been uncovered much later. The story of <em>Panja Sahib</em> at Hasan Abdal is one such story. There is doubt that while returning from Baghdad Guru Nanak passed through this place and had met ‘<em>Wali Kandhari</em>’, a respected pir or "<em>wali</em>" of the place and the imprint of the hand on the stone is indeed that of Guru Nanak. The story of the "<em>wali</em>" throwing a big rock on the Guru Sahib from the hillstop is incredible. Guru Nanak may have met the "<em>wali</em>" by the side of the natural spring. "<em>Wali</em>" may have requested Guru Nanak to let his right palm imprint be sculptured on a rock to commemorate his visit and meeting him. It is most unlikely that the "<em>wali</em>" would hurl a rock on a "<em>Haji</em>" and ‘<em>Akal Roop</em>’ Baba Nanak. Even if Bhai Gurdas knew this episode as described above, his must have ignored it as of little importance.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sikh80, post: 67019, member: 5290"] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Episode X[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Baba back to Kartarpur and giving charge to Guru Angad: 45[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Pauri 45.1 [I]Jiarati kari Multan di phiri Kartarpure no aia.[/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Pauri 45.4 [I]Maria sika jagati vichi Nanak nirmal panth chalaia.[/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Pauri 45.5 [I]Thapia Lahina jivade guriai siri chhatr phiria.[/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Pauri 45.6 J[I]oti joti milaikai satigur Nanak rup vataia.[/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Pauri 45.7 [I]Lakhi na koi sakai acharaje acharai dikhaia[/I].[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Pauri 45.8 [I]Kai palati sarup banaia.[/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Returning from Multan, Baba reached Kartarpur. Just like minting a new coin in the world, Nanak commenced a pure [I]Panth[/I] (religion). While still alive, he appointed Lehna and spread the Canopy of Guruship over his head. Merging his own light with him, the True Guru Nanak just changed his body. No one could understand this strange happening. Nanak converted his "body" into a new form.[/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]When did Bhai Gurdas write his [I]Vaars[/I]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Bhai Gurdas does not mention the fact himself. All of us have accepted the fact that Bhai Gurdas was the scribe of the [I]Pothi Sahib[/I] or the first recension of Guru Granth Sahib, which was installed in the sanctum sanctorum of the newly constructed Darbar Sahib at Amritsar in 1604. It appears strange and not logical to state that Bhai Gurdas wrote his [I]Vaars[/I] during the years 1610-1628 as stated by Dr. Sukhdial Singh. ([I]Punjab da Itihas[/I], Vol. 5 [I]Guru Kaal[/I] 1469-1708, Punjabi University 2000 p. 40) This means that Bhai Gurdas became a poet in the last years of his life! There are three good reasons which point out that Bhai Gurdas wrote major portions of his famous poetry ([I]Vaars[/I]) much before he was chosen to be the scribe of [I]Pothi Sahib[/I] by Guru Arjun Dev Ji.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]1. Poetry is a born gift and it starts forming in the mind of the poets at a very young age, usually in the teens.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]2. Bhai Gurdas must have established himself as a known writer and poet [I]before[/I] Guru Arjun Dev ji selected him for being the scribe of the holy [I]Pothi Sahib[/I].[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT='Times New Roman']3. Bhai Gurdas was born about 20 years after Guru Nanak Dev ji had left this world. Bhai Gurdas selected only 10 important episodes from Guru’s life, which have a bearing on Sikh thought. He left out so many other prevalent anecdotes, which he considered unimportant. It is quite likely that some of them may have been uncovered much later. The story of [I]Panja Sahib[/I] at Hasan Abdal is one such story. There is doubt that while returning from Baghdad Guru Nanak passed through this place and had met ‘[I]Wali Kandhari[/I]’, a respected pir or "[I]wali[/I]" of the place and the imprint of the hand on the stone is indeed that of Guru Nanak. The story of the "[I]wali[/I]" throwing a big rock on the Guru Sahib from the hillstop is incredible. Guru Nanak may have met the "[I]wali[/I]" by the side of the natural spring. "[I]Wali[/I]" may have requested Guru Nanak to let his right palm imprint be sculptured on a rock to commemorate his visit and meeting him. It is most unlikely that the "[I]wali[/I]" would hurl a rock on a "[I]Haji[/I]" and ‘[I]Akal Roop[/I]’ Baba Nanak. Even if Bhai Gurdas knew this episode as described above, his must have ignored it as of little importance.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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